DENVER—An Elbert County man has filed a federal lawsuit after a county commissioner called him a terrorist and tried to ban him from the county building.

Don Pippin says he was offended after commissioner Kurt Schlegel called him a terrorist and unsuccessfully tried to ban him from the county building. Pippin says he suffered emotional distress and loss of enjoyment of life.

According to the Denver Post ( http://tinyurl.com/9y2nes8), Pippin was photographing security cameras at the Elbert County administration building in April for an open-records request he was planning about the cost of the system when he was challenged by county officials.

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